Well i belong to this small percentage of recording guys who bought this fantastic Woodrow 55. I don't have a tweed but now i also want one. Im already recording and finishing my first song with this one. It is everything you said in your review and i'm in love with it. Highly recommend it as an alternative to your tube amps for recording. Cheers!
Hi Henning, the Korg boost is apparently what The Edge uses with his tweed amp which is why they included it on here 👍 Loving these demos. Such a shame about no midi but may have to take the plunge anyway because of how good they sound! Bring on the Ruby! 😊
Hey, just seen on the Andertons channel review that UA have stated you can use headphones direct from the output.... (using a dual 1/4 Y splitter cable to TRS, apparently). Yay !!
Got the Woodrow for recording that “tweed” sound but also go the “Dream,” too. Love ‘em both but the Woodrow plays so well with my Tele…like you said, low output guitars are perfect for the Woodrow. It’s just so “warm” and cuddly. Love this pedal…tons!!!!
Mine just arrived, and it is EPIC. It's decades since I owned a real tweed dlx (yes I'm that old) but it sounds and behaves just like I recall: at low settings, tame, at high, a raging tiger.
@@chrisbjornnmusic dunno about the UAD plugins. I've tried but didn't buy two Neural Dsp ones, and they don't do a direct fender tweed one (I guess the nearest is the Tone King, which is one of the ones I tried but didn't get on with)
Great song. I enjoyed the guitars and the pedal demo. Shout out to the vocals on that song. Melodic and so well sung. Came here for the pedal demo and left wanting to buy the pedal and the song.
The amp is a box pedals are also great for those of us that live in big cities. I’m in Tokyo so my options with tube amps have always been slim. High price tag, but not inaccessible for someone that can’t play a real amp at home. My looper pedal handles the headphones for silent practice. I have the Dream and would be interested in this one too, since my sound is Fender amps.
Hi EytschPi42. Nice knees. These new UA's are killer - my only quandary is which one to buy first, so how about one video directly comparing the tones of the Dream, Woodrow and Ruby ?
You asked who is buying it? Well maybe it's the person who wants a really solid way, to expand their existing amp or rig, as well as having an awesome option for realistic vintage tweed tones to record. I don't know yet if I would buy this or one of the other pedals, but I do have to say it is tempting. My rig is basically a "wet-dry-wet" rig, where I feed the wet amps, with the signal from the preamp of my dry amp. My dry amp (a Laney Lionheart amp) is a very lovely sounding amp, with an awesome preamp, but it's very british sounding (a mix of Vox and Marshall type of sounds). It has a clean and a lead channel, but no matter what I try, I will never get a proper Fenderish tone from it (clean or driven). Something like this could very well be just what I have been looking for. I have tried putting amp in a box pedals infront of it, but it's never really what I want, and they don't really make my Lionhearts preamp sound, or more precisely, behave any different then it already does. I have tried other really good modelers, but they usually make my really nice tube amp sound and feel like a modeler. I have also tried to use tube preamps, that are supposed to sound like Fender preamps, but they are not very practical on my board. And then there is another thing to consider. I would love to buy a really good vintage sounding or specked Tweed amp, but they are insanely expensive. And to buy one, just to see, if I might like it, seems like a very expensive experiment. Buying something like this, to give me a realistic idea, of how a real Tweed amp, would work with my rig, could be the way I find myself putting the money on the table, for the real thing. And having my current rig in mind, I might still want to keep the pedal, for the versatility it would bring to my rig.
I think all the UA pedals are for the live player that has based their signature sound on classic gear and hasn’t found any substitutes that they think are close enough yet. If you use a old Memory Man and an old Tweed, the UA pedals might be good enough for you to finally not have to deal with the flakiness of vintage gear on stage. Or maybe you’re already using replacements but you’re not happy with them. It is probably a small market, but maybe they can make it up with higher margins. Although with the amount of work they seem to put into these, I do wonder how much margin they really have even at their prices.
This is exactly right! I love my tweed deluxe. It’s my sound but it blows out small venues, and isn’t even an option on silent stages. I’m looking forward to mine arriving tomorrow!
@@joelhabrial3897 ever heard of attenuator/load box solution? Makes a a loud amp quieter when you need it and you are able to use it for silent stages with some impulse responses. The only disadvantage is size and weight when compared to a spompbox
@@ilmisxx2 Unfortunately a tweed deluxe exceeds airline carryon sizes in the US. Also it was more affordable to get a Woodrow than an attenuator and IR loader, but I have thought about something like the Atwood Note Captor X so I can send the amp through an IR to FOH and not have to deal with micing it.
@@joelhabrial3897 I wasn't thinking in terms of practicality while traveling, I was thinking in terms of as little compromise as possible tonally. For travel and having a lot of tools in one box very few things beat helix/kemper floor/fractal audio/quad cortex. Helix stomp is smallest of them all, next up is fractal FM3 I think. Good old strymon irridium does the job too and is more versatile
Excellent and thorough review, as always! Only thing I would provide a little feedback on is that I’ve used this pedal to death with my Ernie Ball Music Man Luke III guitar, which has…fairly modern HSS pickups and it sounds awesome on any and all settings. I do enjoy the single coils the most though. Just an FYI from my experience.
I'm using it live. I use in ears and a wireless. I have a quick set up, the pedals I want, and a real Tweed for less than $5,000. I play a Tele and am in a working Country band. It takes some foolin" with but it's great once you dial it in. I'm using a Wampler Euphoria as my drive. I run the whole rig into a JDI 185 out to the PA.
I tried the ruby and it was excellent in every way I sent it back for the Dream and it did not disappoint so then I went after a used Woodrow it’ll be here in a few days I just love these UA amps IAB I have a pod go and it’s good but these are so organic feeling and sounding they really inspire me and put a smile on my face I have tube amps so I have good references the functionality of these are a breath of fresh air much simpler than line 6 fractal ect.. anyone can find great sounds in minutes unlike other modelers with way to many flavors that create paralysis will something come along that’s better than these ? sure but for now I’m really happy 😊
Hmm… “the Tweed fan will have a Tweed”… Have to disagree with such a blanket assertion. Lots of people love that sound, but cannot afford the cost of an actual Tweed Deluxe. Myself included. I’m personally not a modeller guy, so I’ve looked at all the analog Tweed emulating options, but this is honestly so good sounding I would set aside my biases and go for it.
Had a hard time choosing between the Woodrow and the Dream--went with the Dream, though. But listening to this makes me wonder if I should get this one, too...
The uncontrollable Mr. Woodrow and MT-2 to kick it in the face! (Insert Dweezil meme here) I like what I hear will they make a METAAAAAAAAAL one? Monster 99 or the Krankenstomp 13?
Amazing. Wow. I was promised flying cars. And I get another adapter. Jeeezz. Wake up manufactures and customers: its 2022! and yes: i love my ruby! It is amazing! Hx stomp gathering dust, doing delays here and there. What an amp.
Coincidently last week I considered buying such an amp-in-a-box, be it an somewhat older model (at a lower price point, about half of this one). Now I wonder, make technical developments these amps-in-a -box quickly (out)dated? Or can older ones be good/classic too?
if you mention this in the video I apologize. Can you use this out of a normal guitar amp in a pedal chain or is it supposed to replace your amp and you use like PA speakers?
The bee was the best feature, kidding… This sounded awesome really.. but not sure if it’s for me. If it was cheaper by at least 100-150 I’d snap it up! I really did like it 👍
I want to put one of these next to my 5E3 and compare how the volume controls react to each other, its sounds very good, I will have to investigate 😂😂 don’t tell the handbrake
Triggered by the 'almost too fizzley' comment. So this simulates jumped input channels? No option to have the authentic behavior of Instr and Mic input controls? (With which, when plugged in the instr channel, the Mic control kind of functions as a 'gate', with Mic on 10 gives the lowest distortion on the Instr channel (with breakup at higher settings of the Instr control) and lower settings on the Mic control make the Instr channel break up at lower settings (and the other way around when plgged in the Mic channel))? Maybe the mode can be set with the app between Instr in, Mic In and Jumped?
Would you compare this pedal to a Deville amp? I'm deciding on the dream or the woodrow. Can someone make my decision easier? I like Deville amps but never tried reverbs.
Yeah, its not possible to take a mono signal and turn it into 'stereo'. You can of course convert it into two tweaked mono signals, which I guess is what's happening here - emulating a mono (guitar) signal split out through two very similar (but not identical) amps.
The main question (for me, blues lawyer) is: Cause to "no direct jam connections", this object will compare direct with pc plug-ins. That's better than schuffman audio? Than neural? Tha UA plug-ins? That's the question.
@@EytschPi42 Do you think though that I'd be defeating the purpose of it (or any of the others in the series) by putting it in front of an amp? I know, I know, I know the whole 'tone is subjective' thing, just wondering if I'd be wasting its potential like this.
@@regularnimnule9715 I run a Ruby 63 through the front of my Katana and it is killer sounding. It basically turned my SS Kat into a tube amp, even feels like one.
A silverface owner who also likes tweeds, but would rather have a pedal rather than get another amp, might want one. I have a nice apartment dweller vibro champ. Pro junior is to loud, champ too mono dimensional and too much money, Blues Jr. too big and loud.... so how about putting this in front of a Fender vibro champ? Hmmmmm.....
Great, fun visit. I want one. Thinking of running it through a Fender FR-12 Tone Master power amp. Thanks again.
My favorite guitar guy on TH-cam. What you see is what you get. Honest to a fault. Appreciate the review.
Well i belong to this small percentage of recording guys who bought this fantastic Woodrow 55. I don't have a tweed but now i also want one. Im already recording and finishing my first song with this one. It is everything you said in your review and i'm in love with it. Highly recommend it as an alternative to your tube amps for recording. Cheers!
Hi Henning, the Korg boost is apparently what The Edge uses with his tweed amp which is why they included it on here 👍
Loving these demos. Such a shame about no midi but may have to take the plunge anyway because of how good they sound! Bring on the Ruby! 😊
Hey, just seen on the Andertons channel review that UA have stated you can use headphones direct from the output.... (using a dual 1/4 Y splitter cable to TRS, apparently). Yay !!
I’ve done this and it works 👍
Got the Woodrow for recording that “tweed” sound but also go the “Dream,” too. Love ‘em both but the Woodrow plays so well with my Tele…like you said, low output guitars are perfect for the Woodrow. It’s just so “warm” and cuddly. Love this pedal…tons!!!!
Mine just arrived, and it is EPIC. It's decades since I owned a real tweed dlx (yes I'm that old) but it sounds and behaves just like I recall: at low settings, tame, at high, a raging tiger.
Yes , i enjoy mine too. It´s very true, feed this thing with guitars with lower output and it delivers a fantastic dynamic sound.
Not sure if you're a UAD plugins person but if so do you find this sounds the same as the Fender Deluxe plugin?
@@chrisbjornnmusic dunno about the UAD plugins. I've tried but didn't buy two Neural Dsp ones, and they don't do a direct fender tweed one (I guess the nearest is the Tone King, which is one of the ones I tried but didn't get on with)
Great song. I enjoyed the guitars and the pedal demo. Shout out to the vocals on that song. Melodic and so well sung. Came here for the pedal demo and left wanting to buy the pedal and the song.
The amp is a box pedals are also great for those of us that live in big cities. I’m in Tokyo so my options with tube amps have always been slim. High price tag, but not inaccessible for someone that can’t play a real amp at home. My looper pedal handles the headphones for silent practice. I have the Dream and would be interested in this one too, since my sound is Fender amps.
Hi EytschPi42.
Nice knees.
These new UA's are killer - my only quandary is which one to buy first, so how about one video directly comparing the tones of the Dream, Woodrow and Ruby ?
Edit 3 weeks later: I've bought all 3 !
Welp. Now I know what is about to become my tweed amp
You asked who is buying it? Well maybe it's the person who wants a really solid way, to expand their existing amp or rig, as well as having an awesome option for realistic vintage tweed tones to record. I don't know yet if I would buy this or one of the other pedals, but I do have to say it is tempting.
My rig is basically a "wet-dry-wet" rig, where I feed the wet amps, with the signal from the preamp of my dry amp. My dry amp (a Laney Lionheart amp) is a very lovely sounding amp, with an awesome preamp, but it's very british sounding (a mix of Vox and Marshall type of sounds). It has a clean and a lead channel, but no matter what I try, I will never get a proper Fenderish tone from it (clean or driven).
Something like this could very well be just what I have been looking for. I have tried putting amp in a box pedals infront of it, but it's never really what I want, and they don't really make my Lionhearts preamp sound, or more precisely, behave any different then it already does.
I have tried other really good modelers, but they usually make my really nice tube amp sound and feel like a modeler. I have also tried to use tube preamps, that are supposed to sound like Fender preamps, but they are not very practical on my board.
And then there is another thing to consider. I would love to buy a really good vintage sounding or specked Tweed amp, but they are insanely expensive. And to buy one, just to see, if I might like it, seems like a very expensive experiment. Buying something like this, to give me a realistic idea, of how a real Tweed amp, would work with my rig, could be the way I find myself putting the money on the table, for the real thing. And having my current rig in mind, I might still want to keep the pedal, for the versatility it would bring to my rig.
I think all the UA pedals are for the live player that has based their signature sound on classic gear and hasn’t found any substitutes that they think are close enough yet. If you use a old Memory Man and an old Tweed, the UA pedals might be good enough for you to finally not have to deal with the flakiness of vintage gear on stage. Or maybe you’re already using replacements but you’re not happy with them. It is probably a small market, but maybe they can make it up with higher margins. Although with the amount of work they seem to put into these, I do wonder how much margin they really have even at their prices.
I’ve been waiting for a company to do something in this format, you are describing me in that first statement!
This is exactly right! I love my tweed deluxe. It’s my sound but it blows out small venues, and isn’t even an option on silent stages. I’m looking forward to mine arriving tomorrow!
@@joelhabrial3897 ever heard of attenuator/load box solution? Makes a a loud amp quieter when you need it and you are able to use it for silent stages with some impulse responses. The only disadvantage is size and weight when compared to a spompbox
@@ilmisxx2 Unfortunately a tweed deluxe exceeds airline carryon sizes in the US. Also it was more affordable to get a Woodrow than an attenuator and IR loader, but I have thought about something like the Atwood Note Captor X so I can send the amp through an IR to FOH and not have to deal with micing it.
@@joelhabrial3897 I wasn't thinking in terms of practicality while traveling, I was thinking in terms of as little compromise as possible tonally. For travel and having a lot of tools in one box very few things beat helix/kemper floor/fractal audio/quad cortex. Helix stomp is smallest of them all, next up is fractal FM3 I think. Good old strymon irridium does the job too and is more versatile
The pedal is utterly tempting. The Tiffany song is brilliant.
Excellent and thorough review, as always! Only thing I would provide a little feedback on is that I’ve used this pedal to death with my Ernie Ball Music Man Luke III guitar, which has…fairly modern HSS pickups and it sounds awesome on any and all settings. I do enjoy the single coils the most though. Just an FYI from my experience.
Is it a bad idea to release a metal series in UA pedals with jcm 800, 5150 and rectifier? It could turn every day to christmas for metal heads.
Maybe a soldano slo 100 too?
I'm using it live. I use in ears and a wireless. I have a quick set up, the pedals I want, and a real Tweed for less than $5,000. I play a Tele and am in a working Country band. It takes some foolin" with but it's great once you dial it in. I'm using a Wampler Euphoria as my drive. I run the whole rig into a JDI 185 out to the PA.
I tried the ruby and it was excellent in every way I sent it back for the Dream and it did not disappoint so then I went after a used Woodrow it’ll be here in a few days I just love these UA amps IAB I have a pod go and it’s good but these are so organic feeling and sounding they really inspire me and put a smile on my face I have tube amps so I have good references the functionality of these are a breath of fresh air much simpler than line 6 fractal ect.. anyone can find great sounds in minutes unlike other modelers with way to many flavors that create paralysis will something come along that’s better than these ? sure but for now I’m really happy 😊
Henning, are these better than Walrus Audio ACS1? Inquiring minds want to know...
I would say Yes for sound and No for features
@@EytschPi42 Thank you!
Hidden pedals, badass t-shirt and Rafa's Mustache is back! 🤣 great video
I liked the guitar/amp combo. A little bit more reverb would be great as well, I like tweed sounds. :)
Nice song. Lovely playing.
Hmm… “the Tweed fan will have a Tweed”… Have to disagree with such a blanket assertion. Lots of people love that sound, but cannot afford the cost of an actual Tweed Deluxe. Myself included. I’m personally not a modeller guy, so I’ve looked at all the analog Tweed emulating options, but this is honestly so good sounding I would set aside my biases and go for it.
Had a hard time choosing between the Woodrow and the Dream--went with the Dream, though. But listening to this makes me wonder if I should get this one, too...
Funny I did the same and am thinking I need to get the Woodrow too
Same!
Same. And finally I have both :)
Same..Woodrow on the way.
The uncontrollable Mr. Woodrow and MT-2 to kick it in the face!
(Insert Dweezil meme here)
I like what I hear will they make a METAAAAAAAAAL one?
Monster 99 or the Krankenstomp 13?
And these autumn leave sold me even more the amp
Got the dream and woody.
Which one do you prefer? How does the Woodrow take higher gain pedals?
The woody to me it has a bite that I enjoy. I don’t play high gain so don’t know , they both take lie gain pedals well
22.30 Aaaah! Look at his little face! Henning enjoying stuff. Lovely to see.
25.00 Childish glee as he doubles down on the riffage...
Ok now I need the SLO 100 version of these pedals.
Who's buying it ? ME !
What is that Pikachu t-shirt that seems to appear when you suffer from those hallucinatory symptoms?
Amazing. Wow. I was promised flying cars. And I get another adapter. Jeeezz. Wake up manufactures and customers: its 2022! and yes: i love my ruby! It is amazing! Hx stomp gathering dust, doing delays here and there. What an amp.
Coincidently last week I considered buying such an amp-in-a-box, be it an somewhat older model (at a lower price point, about half of this one). Now I wonder, make technical developments these amps-in-a -box quickly (out)dated? Or can older ones be good/classic too?
I mean, Kurt Cobain used a SansAmp pedal for a while in the In Utero days, so yeah there are some older pedals that do the amp thing pretty well
Hey bud, didn't need to wait for your summary, your expression was like a kid when santa gets it right. 👍🥃Respect to you mate.
If you're a UAD plugins person do you find this sounds the same as the Fender Deluxe plugin?
That song is 🔥
Bee Humper!!! LOL LOL! Great Video Henning! Thanks
if you mention this in the video I apologize. Can you use this out of a normal guitar amp in a pedal chain or is it supposed to replace your amp and you use like PA speakers?
you could turn the speaker simulation off and run the preamp part into your amp, but I think the strength of it lies in going direct.
Frak ...it sounds so good.
The bee was the best feature, kidding… This sounded awesome really.. but not sure if it’s for me. If it was cheaper by at least 100-150 I’d snap it up! I really did like it 👍
I want to put one of these next to my 5E3 and compare how the volume controls react to each other, its sounds very good, I will have to investigate 😂😂 don’t tell the handbrake
Triggered by the 'almost too fizzley' comment.
So this simulates jumped input channels?
No option to have the authentic behavior of Instr and Mic input controls?
(With which, when plugged in the instr channel, the Mic control kind of functions as a 'gate', with Mic on 10 gives the lowest distortion on the Instr channel (with breakup at higher settings of the Instr control) and lower settings on the Mic control make the Instr channel break up at lower settings (and the other way around when plgged in the Mic channel))?
Maybe the mode can be set with the app between Instr in, Mic In and Jumped?
He notes around 16 mins in that upping the mic setting tames the sound
Good song
Would you compare this pedal to a Deville amp? I'm deciding on the dream or the woodrow. Can someone make my decision easier? I like Deville amps but never tried reverbs.
this is rounder and warmer and I think it makes a better pedal platform
@@EytschPi42 are you referring to the dream or woodrow pedal?
No, it’s a Fender Tweed Deluxe.
I'm confused about the stereo outs - can you put one signal in and get two (stereo) out?
Yeah, its not possible to take a mono signal and turn it into 'stereo'. You can of course convert it into two tweaked mono signals, which I guess is what's happening here - emulating a mono (guitar) signal split out through two very similar (but not identical) amps.
yes... it's the room
How is it possible for a guitar pedal to sound so much like the amp? Great job and a great demo.
def a face for radio....good review
well you are just delightful, aren't you?
Does this thing replace the other tweed pedals, Wapler Tumnus, Catalinbread 55, etc?
it's not an amp in a box pedal, it is a modeler
@@EytschPi42 aren't they all providing overdriven tweed tones?
Should sound really good with Filter'Trons.
Cool song
The main question (for me, blues lawyer) is:
Cause to "no direct jam connections", this object will compare direct with pc plug-ins.
That's better than schuffman audio? Than neural? Tha UA plug-ins?
That's the question.
tiffany... great song
Awesome pedals
Hell ya henning knock it outta the park
Have you heard the Fooshh fighters ?🌷 😂
Great song
So Henning is going to be the new Bond 007 with his Scottish accent...
If I wanted to run one of these in front of an amp with no effects loop how should I go about it?
the manual explains it
@@EytschPi42 Do you think though that I'd be defeating the purpose of it (or any of the others in the series) by putting it in front of an amp? I know, I know, I know the whole 'tone is subjective' thing, just wondering if I'd be wasting its potential like this.
@@regularnimnule9715 I run a Ruby 63 through the front of my Katana and it is killer sounding. It basically turned my SS Kat into a tube amp, even feels like one.
A silverface owner who also likes tweeds, but would rather have a pedal rather than get another amp, might want one. I have a nice apartment dweller vibro champ. Pro junior is to loud, champ too mono dimensional and too much money, Blues Jr. too big and loud.... so how about putting this in front of a Fender vibro champ?
Hmmmmm.....
gaslight anthem - the … sound 🤟
The bee 🐝 thinks your shirt is a flower.
So uafx: when will you spit out that plexi pedal? And that rectifier? Huh?
Neil Young wants MIDI
xlr please....
Exact why I'm not pulling the trigger. I'll be waiting... 👍
Great song, but too much of that chorus/refrain, and it needed one more part somewhere to open the arrangement up.
Production fantastic though.
❤️ Bee Humper. 😂
Presets but no midi?😪
Pricy, but it get's the job done.
Un ladrillo que no me convence. Lo probé en live y lo comparé con el preamp mooer pequeño . Prefiero el mooer preamp mini.
???? as awesome as the pedal is it is also a bit incomplete.